Garment closure



J. J. KISPERT GARMENT CLOSURE June 13, 1950 2 Sheets-Shet 1 Filed June 6, 1947 J. J. KISPERT GARMENT CLOSURE June 13, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 6, 1347 INVEN TOR. JOSE 3 J. lflsPl-ET Patented June 13, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT CLOSURE Joseph J. Kispert, Mount Carmel, Conn.

ApplicationJune 6, 1947, Serial No. 752,946

1 Claim. 1

This inventionrelates to a garment of the type knownas a corset or girdle and it is oneobject of the. invention to provide a garment of this character having an opening preferably located alon its front and closed by a vest and flaps which overlie the vest. and are laced to each other in such manner that when the. laces are tightened the flaps will be drawn: toward each other and uplifting and compressing pull applied to the flaps.

Another object of the invention is to provide a corset having its closure flaps provided with lacing strips extending across their inner faces and so arrangedand proportioned that separate laces will be used for upper andlower portions of the flaps and different degrees of pull applied thereto. It will thus be seen that varying pressures may be applied to lower and upper portions of the abdomen and a very good supporting and uplifting action obtained..-

Another object of the invention is to provide a corset having lacing loops which are quite wide and so applied-to the flaps that width of the loops or strips will be greater than the widthof spaces between the strips, thereby causing a compressing and uplifting action to be applied by the strips to wide areas of the abdomen when the laces aretightened and in addition allowing the laces to be easily and quickly passed through the loops or strips when the corset is being put on.

Another object of the invention is to provide a corset havin closure flaps provided with upper and lower sets of lacing loops or strips, the upper strips being of greater width than the width of spaces between them and the lower strips being narrow so that pull exerted by lower laces will be different from that exerted by the upper laces.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. l is a front view showing closure flaps of a corset provided with the improved lacing strips or loops.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing an upper lacin loop curved transversely when the upper laces are tightened and tied.

Fig. 4 is a view showing a closure flap swung outwardly in order to clearly show the improved lacin strips across its inner face.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing lower lacing strips extending straight across the flap instead of diagonally.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Figures 3 and 4 showing diagonally extending lower laces and wide 2 upper laces extending straight across theclosure flap.

The garment. which may be referred to as a corset or girdle has a body I- open along its front and. provided with inner vest sections 2 which are preferably formed of elastic fabric and outer closure flaps 3-, the vest sections and the closure flaps being secured along side edges to the body by seams 4. The. vest sections are connected with each other by studs 5 and eyes 6 and it should be noted that the-vest sections are of greater width than the flaps so that when the vest sections are hooked to each other and the flaps brought into position flat against their outer faces the free forward side edges of. the flaps will be spaced from each other a sufficient distanceto permit the flaps to be drawn toward each other for tightening the garment about the person. wearing the same.

In order to tighten" the closure flaps and hold them fiat against outer'faces of the vest sections there have been providedupper and lower laces 1 and 8 which arepassed' through lacing loops 9 and Ill. The upper and lower laces may be of different character and as shown the upper lace l is preferably afiattape and? thelower lace-'8 may be in the nature of around fabric cord. These lacing loops are formed from strips of fabric which extend transversely across inner faces of the closure flaps and have their inner or rear ends sewed into the scams 4 and their outer end portions folded back upon themselves and sewed into margins of the flaps, as shown in Figure 2. The lacing loops or tapes are free for the entire width of the closure flaps and have their outer end portions projecting somewhat from the free side edges of the flaps, and this permits the laces to be grasped between a persons thumb and fingers and easily passed through the loops. The upper loops are quite wide and so applied that the width of the loops is appreciably greater than the width of the spaces between the loops. Therefore when the corset is put on the laces 1 may be easily and quickly passed back and forth through the loops 9. By forming the loops 9 as shown, pull exerted when the laces I are tightened causes ends of the loops to be curved or bowed transversely, as shown in Figure 3, and the ends 9' cause a pinching effect to be exerted on the laces which is aided in part by the compression against the inner vest, and tends to prevent slipping during lacing and rendering the lacing operation faster and easier. Faster lacing also results from the fact of the wider and fewer loops. The fact that wide strips of fabric are used for forming the upper loops, and these loops mounted close to each other, reduces to a minimum any buckling efiect in the front of the flaps, and also causes them toapply constricting and uplifting pressures over the major portion of the area of the 5 vest sections between upper ends of the flaps and lower edges of the lower ones of the wide loops. The lower loops are narrow and so spaced from each other that they are of less width than the width of the spaces between them and when 10 the lace 8 is passed through them and tightened a constricting and uplifting pressure will be applied to the lower pelvic portion of the abdomen. This pressure upon the pelvic portion of the abdo men may be to a degree different from the pressure applied to the stomach and upper portions of the abdomen as separate laces l and 8 are used and tightened as much as desired by the person wearing the corset. The lace 8 may be either elastic or non-elastic in accordance with the character of support desired at this region. The lacing loops 9 and 19 may all extend at an upward incline toward the free side edges of the closure flaps 3, as shown in Figure 3, or the wide upper loops may extend at an upward incline and the narrow lower loops extend straight across the flaps as shown in Figure 4. In Figure 5 another modified arrangement of loops has been shown wherein the narrow lower loops l0 extend at the upward incline toward the free side edges so extend straight across the flaps as well as the wide upper loops.

In all of the embodiments illustrated there has been provided wide upper loops of greater width than the spaces between them and narrow lower loops of less width than the width of the spaces between them, and it should be noted that the wide upper loops cover a greater portion of the area of the flaps and will have increased wear resisting qualities and also be of reduced number and thus allow the laces l to be easily and quickly passed back and forth between the closure flaps when lacing the closure flaps together.

Although the garment shown in the drawings is specifically a girdle or corset, it will be understood that the invention may be incorporated in other specific types of garments, such as a onepiece combination brassiere and girdle.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A garment comprising a body having a vest at its front, seamed along its side edges to the body and flaps overlapping side portions of the vest and having inner side edges sewed along the seams connecting the vest with the body, outer side edges of the flaps being free and spaced from each other transversely of the vest, tapes extending across inner faces of said flaps and secured at their inner ends in the seams, and at their outer ends to the free side edges of the flaps, said tapes being free between their ends and forming elongated lacing loops extending the full width of the flaps, said loops being arranged to form upper and lower groups, the tapes forming the loops of the upper group being of a width greater than the width of spaces between them and the width of the tapes forming the lower group being less than the width of spaces between them, laces passed back and forth through the loops of the lower group and tightened and releasably tied together, and other laces passed back and forth through the loops of the upper group and tightened and releasably tied together.

JOSEPH J. KISPERT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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